How the stock market reacted to Trump picking Bessent for Treasury secretary

Trump picks Linda McMahon for education secretary

Linda McMahon is a co-chair of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team and was the Small Business Administrator in his first term.

Trump picks Howard Lutnick for commerce secretary job

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that he has picked Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick as his secretary of the Department of Commerce.

Who is Linda McMahon, Trump's pick for education secretary?

President-elect Donald Trump announced he plans to nominate former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as education secretary. Washington Post political investigative reporter Beth Reinhard joins ...

Trump picks Brooke Rollins to be agriculture secretary

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Brooke Rollins, president of the America First Policy Institute, to be agriculture secretary.

How Harris is reacting to Biden's "garbage" comments about Trump supporters

Vice President Kamala Harris addressed President Biden's comments while on a call with Voto Latino, during which he appeared to call Donald Trump supporters "garbage." CBS News' Hunter Woodall ...

How Biden reacted to Trump's win over Harris in 2024 race

President Biden addressed the nation for the first time since former President Donald Trump beat Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. CBS News chief White House ...

How Trump's team is reacting to a potential Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal

A U.S. official tells CBS News that President-elect Donald Trump's team reacted favorably to a potential ceasefire deal brokered by the U.S. and France for an end in the war in Lebanon between ...

Trump Moves Corners of the Stock Market That Have Nothing to Do With the Trump Trade

Healthcare companies and EV names tumbled after Trump made two key policy announcements.

Business - Inc. - November 15

Why the stock market’s ‘Trump bump’ could become a ‘Trump dump’

Are you sure you know more about the stock market than Warren Buffett?

Business - MarketWatch - November 16

How worried should stock-market investors be about a ‘lost decade’?

It’s theoretically possible that the stock market will play out a “Roaring ‘20s” scenario for the rest of this decade.

Business - MarketWatch - October 28

How Stock, Bond and Currency Markets Could Respond to the Election

Investors are considering the candidates’ policies and historical trends to bet on where stocks, bonds and currencies are headed.

Business - The New York Times - November 5

Possible Trump Treasury secretary says he'd work with Musk to cut federal spending

Hedge fund founder John Paulson, an ally of former President Trump, said in a new interview that he will work with tech billionaire Elon Musk to “reduce federal spending” if tapped to serve as ...

Politics - The Hill - October 30

Former Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says Trump's top priorities will be tax cuts, Iran sanctions and tariffs

Tax cuts are 'a signature part of his program,' Mnuchin said in a "Squawk Box" interview.

Business - CNBC - November 7

Elon Musk endorses Trump's transition co-chair Howard Lutnick for Treasury secretary

Elon Musk posted on X his endorsement of the billionaire CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald on Saturday.

Business - CNBC - November 16

Trump transition live updates: Trump announces pick for energy secretary

Donald Trump is wasting no time in planning his return to the White House.

The stock market hasn’t priced in a Trump win, Morgan Stanley strategist says

The chief U.S. stock-market strategist at Morgan Stanley says the fact that financial stocks are rallying has more to do with fundamentals than with the approaching election.